About Us

Lanka Real Estate started as a small service helping friends from abroad find small gems in the form of land and old colonial houses through our contacts in the Hill Country. It wasn’t long before we discovered we had an invaluable service to offer, not only in finding suitable properties for buyers, but also in helping our clients wade through the bureaucratic red tape involved in buying property in Sri Lanka, and ensuring they got exactly what they paid for.
Word of mouth soon helped spread our reputation to other areas of Sri Lanka. Our head office is now based in the 16th century Portugese Fort of Galle, a Unesco World Heritage site located in the Southern Province, close to some of the Island's most popular beaches.

We offer an island wide service covering areas of the West Coast, the South Coast, the East Coast as well as the spectacular Highlands. Over the past 15 years we have established a fine network of reliable contacts all over the country enabling us to offer exceptional property island wide. Colombo and its periphery are the only areas that we do not operate in. We have also ventured into Property Development, Property Investment, Property Management, Luxury Villa Management, Plantation Management and Luxury Villa Rentals as well as Project Management.

Do give us a call on +94 777 760 615 (office hours 9am to 5pm - 5 hours and 30 minutes ahead of GMT/UTC (UTC+05:30)) or drop an email to sales@lankarealestate.com if you would like to arrange an appointment to discuss any of our services.

Meet The Team

With over 28 years of experience in the Real Estate business, Ivan’s early career was spent in the UK London property market and then in France under the umbrella of the Aprim-Deromedi condominium development company, at that time the largest property development company operating in the south of France and in the principality of Monaco. In 2004 he relocated to Sri Lanka where he joined his long standing friend Giles Scott whom in 2002 founded LankaRealEstate.com, and remains a director. By offering a world class level of professionalism in a developing market, Ivan has established an extensive network and an unparalleled knowledge of the country. He lives in Galle with his wife and kids and spends his free time up-country learning how to cultivate tea, spices, rice and other wonderful crops!

After recovering from the Tsunami that struck while he was asleep in bed, after a festive christmas night in 2004, Buddika was catapulted into the aid world where he spent 4 years as assistant director of Orphans International, a New York based NGO.

Since then he has been with LankaRealEstate as a Senior Property Consultant.A dog lover, he lives with his dog Chillie, and lovely English wife, Emma in Unawatuna. He’s the man that you may hear from first in response to your emails and accompanies most clients out on property viewings.

Chathuri Lanka

Secretarial and Accounts

phone : +94 (0)777720249

Coming to us from a training in customer care with one of the large mobile phone companies, she was wooed over to LRE by her good friend and previous colleague, Dilini, to help keep up with the mammoth amount of paperwork and accounts needed to run the office. Within a month of her being with LRE, everyone unanimously agreed that we couldn't imagine how the office could run without her.

Mark came to us in 2012 after working for Jetwing Lighthouse hotel as a reservations manager. Coming from a family of hoteliers, Mark was born into the hospitality industry and started his first full-time job at the age of sixteen. A key member of the team, Mark is quite the perfectionist, not only controlling the management of our villas, but also taking reservations and settling guests into any one of our numerous villas for rent.

Having been with Lanka Real Estate since the start of the company, Dilini has been the backbone and a tremendous support, not only to LRE but also all our clients, who rely on her to keep all their accounts up to date. First into the office and last out in the evening, she keeps everyone in the office on their toes. We simply cannot do without her!

Nihal

Property Consultant

phone : +94 (0)777 760 615

Nihal is an all-rounder who has been diligently working as part of the Lanka Real Estate team since our beginnings in 2002. Nihal previously worked for the Forestry department all over the country managing reforestation. He has a unique knowledge of the topography of this country and an extensive network of individuals in each and every corner of the island whether it be high level Civil Servants or the local tea shop owner on the side of the road.

If you are looking for a property on the East Coast or in Hill Country then he is your man. Works by day, drives by night. Simply unstoppable!

Priyantha has been a member of the Lanka Real Estate family since 2015 looking after the finance and accounting for the villa rental and property management department. He also has a catchy ring-tone on his mobile that is somewhat of an earworm!

Azam has worked for Lanka Real Estate for over two years. Previously he was a front-line Intelligence Officer in the Sri Lankan Army which, amongst other things, means that he has great attention to detail and nothing gets past him. As our Operations Manager his day-to-day duties are to manage all of our clients properties from building sites to plantations, and through direct contact with the local authorities to obtain approvals for all developments. Azam is also our troubleshooter in any situation as well as he being an invaluable personal advisor in terms of local cultural differences.

Rameez has a Construction Management degree from Birmingham City University in the UK and joined Lanka Real Estate in mid 2017 to look after all our construction projects - new builds, renovations, extensions and repairs to our portfolio of managed properties. Rameez is the one who ensures that everything is delivered to time, budget and that the required quality criteria are met.

Harini is one of the newest members of the Lanka Real Estate team, joining us in Summer 2017 to cover maternity leave. A graduate of the University of Colombo, she is a qualified accountant and has a string of accounting, banking and business qualifications as long as your arm.

Buddhima is the newest member of the Lanka Real Estate family. Coming to us with a background in international travel sales and marketing, Buddhima joins our expanding Property Sales department to assist Buddika in responding to enquiries and conducting viewings.